A stonemason, a builder. Also: a person who operates siege engines (cf. engineer, n. 1b).
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释义 | society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > engineers (6) ginour?1265 A stonemason, a builder. Also: a person who operates siege engines (cf. engineer, n. 1b). pioneer corps1775 In early use: †a group of soldiers involved in siege warfare (obsolete). Later: a division of an army specializing in engineering and maintenance… Royal Engineers1787 the field engineering and construction corps of the British army; cf. sapper, n.1 RE1838 Royal (Corps of) Engineers. REME1942 A corps of the British Army, formed on 1 June 1942, which handles the repair and maintenance of military machinery. Also attributive. Seabees1942 With plural agreement. (Members of) the Construction Battalions formed as a volunteer branch of the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy. |
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